Re: Moving guitar fingering orientations

[Jonathan Kulp]

I thought I had put a warning about this issue in the fretted strings 
section but perhaps I was just dreaming it.  I definitely remember 
struggling with it until I figured it out, but maybe I didn't get to put 
a warning because the topic of "fingering" in general is dealt with 
outside of the fretted strings section.

Sorry for the troubles, Nick.  Could we add a warning about fingering 
orientations in the fretted strings section, too?

Jon

Trevor Daniels wrote:
> Nick
>
> d_3 puts fingering below the staff, d^3 above the staff and d-3 leaves 
> LilyPond to choose.
>
> The section in the manual which you mention says "Fingering instructions 
> may be manually placed above or below the staff, see Direction and 
> placement" and that section tells you how.
>
> The \fingeringOrientations command is specifically for chords, that's 
> why it only works for them.  This is perhaps not made crystal clear in 
> the manual, although the heading of the snippet which describes the 
> command is "Controlling the placement of chord fingerings".
>
> Now you know, could you suggest how the manual wording might be changed 
> to prevent others having the same difficulty?
>
> Trevor
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Payne" 
> <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 8:38 AM
> Subject: RE: Moving guitar fingering orientations
>
>
> > Thanks, that fixes it. But according to the documentation, the single 
> > note
> > chordal construction is only needed for string indications, not for
> > fingering
> > (http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Inside-the-staff# 
> >
> > Fingering-instructions). So it looks like you can show fingering without
> > making every fingered note a chord, but if you want the fingering to 
> > display
> > anywhere except the default location, then it has to have < > around each
> > fingered note.
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: James E. Bailey [mailto:address@hidden
> > > Sent: Sunday, 12 October 2008 16:01
> > > To: Nick Payne
> > > Cc: address@hidden
> > > Subject: Re: Moving guitar fingering orientations
> > >
> > > I don't know too much about fingerings, but did you try putting each
> > > note inside a chord?
> > >
> > > On 12.10.2008, at 05:50, Nick Payne wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm trying to get my fingering indications below the noteheads using
> > > > \set
> > > > fingeringOrientations = #'(down), but they remain resolutely above
> > > > the beam.
> > > > I also tried (left) and (right) with no change either. My two bar
> > > > test input
> > > > and output are attached. Can anyone tell me why this isn't working?
> > > > I'm
> > > > using 2.11.61 on WinXP.
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